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Prioritizing and Achieving Impact in Opportunity Zones

The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance and Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation developed this framework to measure the impact of Opportunity Zone investments and ensure that these investments can have a positive impact on communities.

A presentation hosted by the National Association of Development Organizations includes overviews on New Markets Tax Credits and Opportunity Zones, and looks ahead at how Opportunity Zones will be implemented, including prospectives from investors and regional development organizations.

Priority Guidance Request on Opportunity Zones

In a letter to Scott Dinwiddie, associate chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Novogradac Working Group provided key recommendations and guidance on Opportunity Zones.

CDFI Fund Opportunity Zones Resources

The CDFI Fund, under the U.S. Department of the Treasury, shares the Opportunity Zones map, additional resources and contact information for additional questions.

Designated Qualified Opportunity Zones

A GoogleDoc that reflects the final Qualified Opportunity Zone designations for all States. Includes state, county and census tract number.

IRS Opportunity Zones FAQ

The Internal Revenue Service covers Opportunity Zone basics in this FAQ posted on IRS.gov.

In this presentation on Opportunity Zones, LISC shares a background on the program, an introduction to Opportunity Zone Funds and project examples.

On Thursday, May 17, 2018, LISC CEO and president Maurice A. Jones testified before the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, urging its members to implement Opportunity Zones in ways that will truly benefit Americans in under invested communities. The policy can spur billions in private investment in the country’s most distressed census tracts and play a major role in closing the opportunity gap, he said. But we need federal tax incentives and other strategies to help the program succeed.

Did States Maximize Their Opportunity Zone Selections?

An analysis of the Opportunity Zone designations from Urban Institute dives into the incentive that could become the nation’s largest economic development “program,”. The analysis considers whether states maximized their Opportunity Zone selections after the final deadline for governors to select which census tracts should be classified as Opportunity Zones.